Foldable phones
5 published articles
Analysis: Apple bets on a folding iPhone
iPhone Duo arrives at $1,999 with Apple's flagship AI still in beta
Apple's first foldable costs $1,999 and leans on a new Siri AI that Apple itself labels a beta. The specs are loud; the parts that will decide the launch are quieter.
2026-09-24
Consumer hardware: the foldable weight race
Samsung's lightest fold loses 75 grams and gains an unverifiable superlative
Samsung's newsroom says its new fold is the world's lightest at 201 grams, down from 276 in 2019. Weighing that claim requires rivals the post never names.
2026-09-15
Foldables & wearables
Pre-orders up 30% as Samsung splits its foldable line three ways
Samsung splits its foldable line into three distinct experiences, and early demand is strong: pre-orders are up more than 30%. The Fold8 Ultra is the company's slimmest Z Fold yet at 4.1 mm, and the new watches push further into health tracking.
2026-08-12
Agentic AI
Samsung's newest foldables pitch the agent, not the hinge
Samsung's eighth-generation foldables, the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 and Flip8, launched July 22 with agentic AI as their lead story. The hardware legacy is real; the launch material sells the agent, not the hinge.
2026-08-11
Galaxy Z series, Galaxy Unpacked July 2026
Inside Samsung's new Galaxy Z foldables: titanium thinner than a human hair
Samsung's Z series now relies on Flex Titanium, a display support with a titanium film one-third the thickness of a human hair and a module that is 10% thinner. Hardware chief Sunghoon Moon walks through the material science, the battery rethink and the 100-plus durability tests behind the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 and Flip8.
2026-08-11